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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapters 21-39.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The mini-yacht that Harto has received from David Vale in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 39 is said to be capable of sleeping how many people below deck in the master stateroom, port guest stateroom, and aft guest stateroom?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.
2. In the Prologue, Karl Selig watches as an iceberg crumbles. Who is Karl’s grad school friend that he calls to “come check this out”?
(a) Ben Adelson.
(b) Josh Cohen.
(c) David Vale.
(d) Steve Cooper.
3. What is the name of the research vessel that is described in the opening of the Prologue?
(a) Exposure.
(b) Snowcap.
(c) Icefall.
(d) Captain.
4. Where does the Immari soldier named Cole Bryant tell David Vale he’s from in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 33?
(a) Fort Collins, Colorado.
(b) Yreka, California.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Jackson, Mississippi.
5. Dr. Kate Warner tells David Vale in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 22 that the human race is about 200,000 years old, but that “we’ve only been so-called behaviorally modern humans” for how many years?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 16,000.
(d) 50,000.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the Toba Catastrophe Theory, the Toba super-eruption occurred sometime between 69,000 and how many years ago?
2. Dr. Kate Warner’s lab assistant tells her in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1 that she’s going to work herself to death. He describes Dr. Warner’s secrecy, hoarding of notes, and refusal to talk to anyone about what?
3. In the letter that David Vale has left to Josh Cohen to read upon his death in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 25, he tells Josh to forward whatever he’s found to whom?
4. Where is the Autism Research Center that is described as the setting of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1?
5. The iceberg that has broken off from Antarctica is described in the Prologue as having a surface area covering how much space?
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